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YORKSHIRE NATURALISTS' UNION. 
week-end. The Natural History Survey of Thorne Waste referred 
to in the report of the Committee for Suggestions was a direct out- 
come of the excursion there, and this inchides Botanical Survey. 
The very interesting observations of the Rev. E. A. Woodruffe 
Peacock were the feature of the day, as far as botanical survey is 
concerned ; this has been printed in the -'Naturalist" (September, 
1907), and is thus available for reference. 
The Arncliffe excursion was fully utilised by a party under the 
guidance of Dr. Woodhead, to make a series of observations which 
must be regarded as the beginning of a detailed survey of this area. 
Dr. Woodhead's report on the excursion is as follows : — 
" This excursion offered exceptional facilities for the study of 
plant associations, the village being situated in the heart of the 
Great Scar Limestone, while towering above it are the alternating 
beds of the Yoredale Series, Sandstones, Shales, and Limestones, 
the summits bemg capped with Millstone Grit. In company with 
the geologists the various beds were traced out and the changes in 
plant associations noted. Special attention was paid to the distri- 
bution of Calluna and Bracken on limestone, their distribution being 
recorded on a 6 inch survey map. Materials were also collected on 
the distribution of peat, boulder drift and gravel and the related 
plants, and a considerable time was given to working out the plant 
distribution in a transect from Hawkeswick Clouder, across the 
limestone pavement to the bottom of the valley, then over the Old 
Cote Moor to Kettlewell, and to the summit of Great Whernside. 
It is hoped to publish the results in due course." 
The following- were elected for 1908 : — 
Chairman — T. W. Woodhead, Huddersfield. 
Convener and Representative on Executive and Committee of 
Suggestions — Dr. W. G. Smith, Leeds. 
Other Members— J. F. Robinson, Hull ; C. Waterfall, Hull ; 
W. B. Crump, Halifax; H. H. Corbett, Doncaster ; 
J. Hartshorn, Leyburn ; J. W. H. Johnson, Thornhill ; 
W. E. L. Wattam, Huddersfield ; P. F. Lee, Dews- 
bury ; F. Elgee, Middlesborough ; H. J. Wilkinson, 
York ; Wilkinson, York ; W. Jackson, Goole ; and 
S. Margerison, Leeds. 
Committee of Sug*g'estions for Research.— The 
Convener reports that a meeting of this Committee was held in 
Leeds to consider suggestions sent in by members. The Agenda 
was sent out to twenty-one Representatives of Sections and 
Committees, and other members of the Union concerned in the 
suggestions. Eleven members attended the meeting, and most 
of the others sent letters of apology for absence. The Chairman 
of the Committee (Prof. P. F. Kendall) occupied the chair. 
